Question

this diagram shows a food chain from a grassland ecosystem in wyoming. slender wheatgrass katydid deer mouse red fox in this food chain, the deer mouse is a secondary consumer. why? it eats a primary consumer. it makes its own food. it eats a producer.

Explanation:

In a food chain, producers (like slender wheatgrass) make their own food. Primary consumers (like katydid) eat producers. Secondary consumers eat primary consumers. The deer mouse eats the katydid (a primary consumer), so it is a secondary consumer. The option "It makes its own food" is for producers. The option "It eats a producer" is for primary consumers.

Answer:

It eats a primary consumer.